It’s almost that time of year when the leaves are going to be falling off the trees and you’ll be needing to rake them up. Depending on where you live you might have to bag the leaves, pile them in the road or burn them. But before doing that, how about letting your kids have some fun with them.

Here are some ways your kids can have fun playing on their swing set with leaves:

Pile them at the bottom of the slide and let kids slide into them.

Put them in a pile near the swings and let them take turns swinging and jumping off into them.

Use some of the leaves for home craft projects.

What are fun things your family does with the leaves you rake up? Do your kids love to hide in the pile and try to scare people as the walk by?